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| == {{user|Wickedsuperbikes}} == | |||
| Refused by ]. ] ] 17:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' in good faith, any evidence that's who this person is editing as? - ]</small> (]) 17:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow'''. "Usernames that promote a company: Usernames of or closely resembling the names of companies and groups are discouraged and may be blocked as a violation of Misplaced Pages policy against spamming and advertisement." ] 18:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' Company name. --] <sup>]</sup><small>]<sub>] </sub></small> 19:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :*'''Comment'''. This anti-company name thing is almost becoming too big, and I think we should have some more discussion about it. As quoted above by Coemgenus, WP:U says "... are ''discouraged'' and ''may'' be blocked..." . That is not the same as ''absolutely'' prohibited and ''will'' be blocked. We have to look at intent with the name. In this case, my first thought of the username is not that it is a business, just some person who likes superbikes. I believe we should assume good faith. Of course, if the user starts spamming or making edits that even subtly advertise the company, then obviously the name becomes a violation of WP:U. That is not to say that we should wait for intent in all cases; some names would always be bad e.g. ]. This pursuit of finding all usernames that are also companies also becomes a slippery slope. I'm pretty sure there are many businesses called "Joe's Garage." So is ] advertising, or is he/she a ] fan? Anyway. Comments and feedback are welcome. ('''note''': I will cross-post this to the ]). Regards, ]<sup>]</sup>]</sub> 19:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' per my comment above. ]<sup>]</sup>]</sub> 19:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' per Flyguy649. Without any edits that suggest this person is impersonating a company or making spammy edits, I believe this should be allowed. ] 20:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' per Flyguy649. // ] 21:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' - The name shoud be allowed but to avoid any sort of problems in the future, it would be advisable to tell the user to change his name around a bit to maybe "Wickedsupabikes"..Just my 2 cents..--<span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-size:small;font-family: Monotype Corsiva;">]</span> 21:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' unless ] issues become apparent. This username isn't necessarily linked to the business. ] 23:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' per Flyguy649 ] ('']'') 17:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == {{user|PYOINC}} == | |||
| Refused by ]. ] ] 17:47, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' in good faith, any evidence that's who this person is editing as? - ]</small> (]) 17:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow'''. "Usernames of or closely resembling the names of companies and groups are discouraged and may be blocked as a violation of Misplaced Pages policy against spamming and advertisement." ] 18:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' Company name. --] <sup>]</sup><small>]<sub>] </sub></small> 19:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' in good faith, and per my comment in Wickedsuperbikes, above. Also, on its website the company linked above styles itself as "PYO Entertainment", "PYO Entertainment International, Inc.", and "Put Yourself Out", and never as "PYO Inc." on their webpage as far as I can see. ]<sup>]</sup>]</sub> 19:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' - Because of the inclusion of "INC" which roughly means "incorporated" which are used for company names..--<span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-size:small;font-family: Monotype Corsiva;">]</span> 22:02, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *:Ah, so "''']'''" means "T, Incorporated"? I'd always wondered. Now, is it reasonably possible that "''']'''" might on occasion stand for anything '''else'''? -- ] <small><sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub></small> 06:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow'''. The company in question does not appear to promote itself as PYOINC, so I'm led to believe that ]'s name is merely a coincidence. —] 14:19, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' - Username not necessarily affiliated with said company. ] ('']'') 17:02, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == {{user|Wilcoxandhall}} == | == {{user|Wilcoxandhall}} == | ||
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| *'''Disallow'''. Company name. Promotional. ] 13:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | *'''Disallow'''. Company name. Promotional. ] 13:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
| *'''Allow''' - CHAIRBOY ] ('']'') 17:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | *'''Allow''' - CHAIRBOY ] ('']'') 17:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
| == {{user|AMD64}} == | |||
| *The name of this user is the name of a well known product. Almost all of his contributions are AMD related. He could be working in AMD or something and trying to promote his company's products. --] 10:11, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' as per ]. ] 12:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow'''. Product name. Promotional. ] 13:29, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' as per ] and ]. It's a bit like a ] writing about hamburgers. Even if the user isn't associated with the company their name supports, they are promoting a product. ]<sup>]</sup>]</sub> 14:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' per above arguments. ] ] 16:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' because of connection between name and edits. ] ('']'') 17:07, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == {{user|Ombudsman}} == | |||
| This username implies that the user holds some official position on Misplaced Pages. While Misplaced Pages doesn't have an ombudsman as far as I know, new users won't know that, and may incorrectly assume that ] is Misplaced Pages's official ombudsman for settling complaints. I hasten to say that I have no experience with ] and do not know whether he has actually used his name to assert authority over any dispute. However, I do note that . I think the community needs to discuss this username here. —] 15:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *<s>'''Disallow'''. Will create confusion as mentioned by ]. We would ban ] on sight; this is essentially the same. ]<sup>]</sup>]</sub> 15:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC)</s> | |||
| :*'''Conditional Allow''' Change my vote. User's been here for years. However I agree with ]'s suggestion below. ]<sup>]</sup>]</sub> 16:05, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' - is not overly confusing. And, (per ] albeit), there are plenty of other usernames just as bad as this one. And I'm not so sure that comment by the IP wasn't trolling, the IP clearly knew the person did not have an official role. ]<sup>]·]</sup> 15:59, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Provisional allow'''. It seems like ] is a productive editor. I think the username issue could be settled by having ] place a prominent notice on his user page indicating that he is not the official ombudsman for Misplaced Pages. —] 16:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Comment''' this has been here before. There wasn't a single comment on it before, and it was removed after 2 days with an edit summary of "old news" ] 16:01, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :*There is also relevant discussion at ] ] 16:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' if userpage is modified, per ]. ] ] 16:02, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Conditional allow''' per Psychonaut. ]]<sup>]</sup> 16:05, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Comment''' I've notified Ombudsman of this discussion. Please remember folks. Thanks. -- ]<sup>]</sup> 16:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Allow''' I learned a new word today. I think a small notice on the userpage will clear this up. <small>]<sup>(Need help? ])</sup></small> 16:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *''''Allow'''. This is inventing a problem where none exists. --] (]) 16:22, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
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Wilcoxandhall (talk · contribs)
Online business. Refused by WP:AIV. RJASE1 17:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Allow in good faith, any evidence that's who this person is editing as? - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- weak allow not likely to be a coincidence, but I don't see any real danger Bucketsofg 18:00, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Disallow. "Usernames of or closely resembling the names of companies and groups are discouraged and may be blocked as a violation of Misplaced Pages policy against spamming and advertisement." Coemgenus 18:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Disallow - per Coemgenus - Alison 18:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Disallow Company name. --TeckWiz Contribs@ 19:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Disallow. Obvious company name, different from my comment in Wickedsuperbikes above. Flyguy649contribs 19:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Disallow - as per Coemgenus..--Cometstyles 22:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Disallow. Company name. Promotional. Vassyana 13:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- Allow - CHAIRBOY 24fan24 (talk) 17:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC)